This update goes back to #200, which is of interest for those who are currently running elementary OS Luna.

Before: Current: Update concerning elementary OS Luna: I have had a look into Luna (VM), and I have to say that probably the "No-Big-Battery" icon theme will not be of much help with Luna (based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS).

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I'm not quite sure if this specific issue will be fixed in elementary OS Freya, as I've ran the developer beta and the issue still consists.